Part 2380

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.</def>

<blockquote>He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand <b>convention</b> of his nobles. <i>Sir R. Baker.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>convention</b> of delegates from all the States, to meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system, and correcting its defects. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Eng. Hist)</fld> <def>An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.</def>

<blockquote>Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament, to the <b>Convention</b>, and to William of Orange. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a traety; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; <as>as, a postal <ex>convetion</ex> between two governments</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This <b>convention</b>, I think from my soul, is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce without a suspension of hostilities. <i>Ld. Chatham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>convention</b> with the State of georgia has been ratified by their Legislature. <i>T. Jefferson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conventional</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*ven"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conventionalis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>conventionnel</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.</def>

<blockquote><b>Conventional</b> services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal.</def> "<i>Conventional</i> decorum."

<i>Whewell.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>conventional</b> language appropriated to monarchs. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The ordinary salutations, and other points of social behavior, are <b>conventional</b>. <i>Latham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; <as>as, a <ex>conventional</ex> flower; a <ex>conventional</ex> shell.</as> Cf. <er>Conventionalize</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<h1>Conventionalism</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*ven"tion*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.</def>

<blockquote>All the artifice and <b>conventionalism</b> of life. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in <b>conventionalisms</b>, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standart. <i>F. W. Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See <er>Conventionalize</er>, <i>v. t.</i></def>

<h1>Conventionalist</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*ven"tion*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who adheres to a convention or treaty.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is governed by conventionalism.</def>

<h1>Conventionality</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*ven`tion*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Conventionalities</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.</def>

<h1>Conventionalization</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*ven`tion*al*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of making conventional.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The state of being conventional.</def>